Obcessive Compulsive Dissorder Sufferer
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I have a Samsung 4665 with no problems. I really like this T.V. I liked some other sets slightly more (mentioned below) but could not justify the extra money they wanted versus what little PQ or feature upgrade they offered
I spent 2 years watching the evolution of the lcd tech. and the price declines before I finally got "serious". I then spent 3 months reading reviews and forums. Then I spent 1 month going into the stores on a daily basis to compare the PQ of the displays. By "compare", I mean I bugged the store people to change settings, signals, show me menu's, remote control's, turn up the lighting in the room, turn the lighting off in the room, etc., etc. All the while I was dailing monitoring the pricing of the sets via online graphing and robo shoppers.
I finally had it narrowed down to my size and brand wishes. I liked the Sony "w", the 'XBR4", Samsung 4665 and the 4671.
I then started my negotiation process with the sales people, who by this time just wanted me to "go away". I had aqquired so much info on these TV's, that it was clearly evident that the sales people who were selling them were just telling the customers whatever they thought or could make-up to sell them a TV that day. I constantly would over hear a sales person tell some poor customer some B.S. I knew to be false and would correct them. I wound up being asked to leave a B.B. store by the manager because all their potential customers had slowly congregated around me and started picking my brain with questions, ignoring the constant intervention by the sales staff to try and sell them a T.V.
The sales manager who finally sold me the T.V. spent an hour, not trying to sell me a T.V., but wanted me to teach him all the stuff I had learned about the differant panels, maufacturing processes, problems reported to be associated with each panel, board or firmware, etc. He then went back in the office and came back with a list of all the T.V's they had and their bottom line store costs. I couldn't believe it when he told me to take my pick and he would sell it to me at their total cost for being so helpful to him. I wound up getting the set I wanted (brand new in the box) for less than what the cheapest refurbished set I could find on the internet.
Since my purchase months ago I have continued to read the forums, reviews and checked the pricing (they have gone up considerably).
It is clear to me that their are bad apples in every bunch. Each of the models have had some problems, there are those people who got lucky with nice sets and those who got lemons. Some brands and models are definately better than others, but then they cost considerably more. For those of us who are not rich and cannot afford to spend good money only to be stuck with a faulty purchase, it can be quite minefield to have to walk through.
I can't wait till it gets warm again here in Michigan so I can go golfing, forget about T.V.'s and obcess about something else.
SIGNED:
Needs Therapy But Can't Afford It, Spent All My Money On A Friggin T.V.
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